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"It is argued that by 2020, PV will be a mainstream electric generation option, garnering a significant fraction of the new and replacement-generation market. Aside from ongoing module innovation, major areas of emphasis during this period will include increased emphasis on reducing BOS costs, and improved technology for grid integration..." -
Dr. Richard Swanson, SunPower Corporation
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In This Issue
The world is not impressed by gigawatts; it requires terawatts to make a difference. PV electricity was a high-end product for the visionary few, and substantial financial incentives were needed to kick-start the PV market. This will change soon
120 years at the top. How did we get there? For this many years, DECKER Anlagenbau GmbH has managed to correctly assess technological developments and gear the company toward the current needs of the industry. Today the company builds silicon recycling systems for the photovoltaic industry, and once again has its finger on the pulse of time. Where once iron and steel was cast, now customized units are built for wet chemical surface treatment. The company’s history reads like a journey through the industry’s history
A look at the current climate in photovoltaics, as well as the major changes expected to occur as the industry matures.
Why grid parity might indicate the beginning of the golden and long-lasting age of solar PV as a major source of global energy supply, and why it might happen sooner than expected.
In PV R&D, we are permanently looking for advanced and novel concepts that can speed up the path to higher efficiencies − concepts that will allow us to reach grid parity faster than if we follow the long and stable path of evolutionary improvement of existing technologies.
A description of new opportunities as well as a new industry/university research initiative designed to leverage modeling and simulation to achieve advancements in technology to make PV cost competitive.
A feasible route to generate high-efficiency honeycomb textures on multicrystalline silicon is presented.
PV manufacturers are focused on two things: cost reduction and cell efficiency. There are many different approaches to optimizing these items individually, but technology and manufacturing advancements are tackling cost reduction and cell efficiency as two advantageously intertwined opportunities.
An overview of trends that will characterize the PV industry in the years to come (by 2020).
An investigation of one-dimensional photonic structures using a second luminescent material in upconversion
Over the past several years, the PV industry has experienced record growth due to a combination of government incentives promoting investment in solar projects and aggressive cost reduction by manufacturers leveraging the increased production volumes. Unfortuantely, as a result of the current macroeconomic climate, many of these investment incentives have ended or are on a schedule to do so.
How a specific advanced metrology tool is used to measure the shape of laser-ablated grooves for process optimization.
These are tough times for most of the PV industry. In tough times, both cost reduction and product differentiation are a matter of life and death. There continues to be a parade of announcements from industry leaders and would-be leaders featuring record efficiencies and new innovations in cell processing toward higher efficiency and lower costs.
An overview of the current research focuses of laser chemical processing technology at Fraunhofer ISE.
How the PV industry supply chain can responsibly manage sustainable materials flows by a combination of efficient materials extraction, usage, recycling, product design and substitution.
The roadmapping experience of the semiconductor industry provides a useful guide for roadmapping photovoltaic technology.
A specific analysis technique is introduced as a tailored application for determining surface metal contamination levels for PV.
A photovoltaic system is a conglomerate involving numerous components. Improving one doesn’t always mean the total system performs better; it can even get worse.
A new approach to eliminating module mismatch that also increases energy output.
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